Little Scientists Award 2018

Are you enthusiastic about STEM and inquiry-based learning and love exploring Scientific phenomena with the children in your service?

Then the Little Scientists Early STEM Award is for you!

Tell us about your latest STEM Child-led project and have the chance to win some of our amazing prize packages!

The Little Scientist Early STEM Award is open for all Early Childhood Services in Australia to apply and tell us your story of how you implement Inquiry-based STEM in their service with children aged 3- 6 years old.

Entering is easy:

Fill out our award form on the rightand you will receive the application form.

Select one project to showcase your implementation of Inquiry-based STEM including the children’s ideas, investigations, discoveries and methodical approach in their application.

Please submit your details on this page and we will send you the application form as soon as it becomes available. An application form created by the Little Scientists team will be sent via email to services that express their interest online.

Applications will only be reviewed if the entire application form is complete.

Entries must be submitted online by 6pm AEST Thursday 31st May 2018.

Each service is only eligible to submit one application form.

Entrants are open to all Australian Early Childhood services and only employees of an Early Childhood service can apply (Applications from members of the community are not accepted/eligible.)

Little Scientists reserves the right not to award a prize if, in their view, the quality of entries is insufficiently meritorious.

Applications will be reviewed only if they are submitted by email and in the format as instructed in the application form. No projects are to be physically sent to accompany the application.

Prize winners of the Little Scientists Early STEM Award will be notified via email or phone and may be announced on the Little Scientists website and or social media platforms.

Information provided by the entrant in relation to the Little Scientists Early STEM Award may be used by Little Scientists for promotional/publicity purposes. This may include and is not restricted to, the information being used on websites, social media, printed material, advertisements and press releases.

Prizes are not redeemable for cash, credit or product.

The collection, use and disclosure of personal information provided in connection with the Little Scientists Award is further governed by the Privacy Policy on our website www.littlescientists.org.au.

All entries become the property of Little Scientists Australia. As such, Little Scientists is the owner of all copyright and other intellectual property in the winning applications.

If for any reason, Little Scientists is not capable of running the Little Scientists Early STEM Award as planned by a cause beyond their control, Little Scientists will in discretion cancel or postpone the event.

Failure to meet all conditions of entry will automatically disqualify an entry.